Huawei Offers 'Complete and Unrestricted' Source Code Access

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC reports that 'Huawei has offered to give Australia unrestricted access to its software source code and equipment, as it looks to ease fears that it is a security threat. Questions have been raised about the Chinese telecom firm's ties to the military, something it has denied. Australia has previously blocked Huawei's plans to bid for work on its national broadband network. Huawei said it needed to dispel myths and misinformation.' But is this sufficient? Will they be able to obscure any backdoors written into their equipment?"

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The US government did it!

[kawabago]

When American telecom companies won contracts to supply soviet satellite, I think it was Poland, with telecom equipment, The CIA or NSA or both managed to get back doors into the equipment to both monitor calls and in the event of hostilities, to shut the phone system down completely. If American companies let their Government subvert their technology in foreign countries, China would be foolish not to.

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[AK Marc]

Yes, though there's no evidence of any improper activities from any Huawei gear, and they are already a step ahead of US voting machines.

In the US, voting machines pick the next president. With secret closed-source code in an industry with proven fraud and from companies with proven previous errors.

In Australia, they have the source code for routers running a residential broadband network, and that's not good enough.

Why does something seem wrong with that?

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[overbaud]

The way this works is: 1. Cisco lobby US gov. 2. US gov put pressure on Aus gov. 3. Aus gov create FUD about cisco rival. 4. Aus gov buy cisco. 5. Profit - cisco and US senators.